2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe bottom line: Hillary Is the Candidate of the War Machine
Hillary Is the Candidate of the War Machine by Jeffrey Sachs
Hillary and Bill Clintons close relations with Wall Street helped to stoke two financial bubbles (1999-2000 and 2005-8) and the Great Recession that followed Lehmans collapse. In the 1990s they pushed financial deregulation for their campaign backers that in turn let loose the worst demons of financial manipulation, toxic assets, financial fraud, and eventually collapse. In the process they won elections and got mighty rich.
Yet Hillarys connections with the military-industrial complex are also alarming. It is often believed that the Republicans are the neocons and the Democrats act as restraints on the warmongering. This is not correct. Both parties are divided between neocon hawks and cautious realists who dont want the US in unending war. Hillary is a staunch neocon whose record of favoring American war adventures explains much of our current security danger.
Just as the last Clinton presidency set the stage for financial collapse, it also set the stage for unending war. On October 31, 1998 President Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act that made it official US policy to support regime change in Iraq.
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elleng
(131,292 posts)Baobab
(4,667 posts)Otherwise that money would be wasted on schools and public services, and things like paying down the national debt and social security.
That can't be allowed to happen.
which is why I am where I am, 'elsewhere,' that is.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)... that Hillary is the Party's nominee by virtue of her vote/delegate count.
And posting this kind of crap isn't going to change that.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Shitty choice if you ask me. Very bad choice guys. What were you thinking?
NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)elleng
(131,292 posts)While not a close follower of yours in the past, I've assumed you were wiser than this attitude suggests. Sorry to learn otherwise.
NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)... that I don't think Democrats "voted for racism, capitalism, and empire"?
elleng
(131,292 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)... that you support a candidate who also has flawed judgment.
The difference being that I don't think the candidate I support is without flaw, while you think your candidate actually is.
elleng
(131,292 posts)Sorry, NanceGreggs, you'll have to try to fly that flag from another flagpole.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)Or because she is the Party's nominee everyone must bow down and just "take it"?
NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)... is abundantly clear.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)A Hawk and a never ending war for 15 year is righteous. No problem. Got you!
NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)... is a lot.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Two words: Lockheed Martin.
msongs
(67,478 posts)barrow-wight
(744 posts)Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)So deal with it!